OUR STRATEGY

Sport is a universal 'language' spoken by every people group on the face of the earth. Sport powerfully brings nations together and crosses cultural, social, religious, and economic lines -- like nothing else can. It is often a "first step" activity to establishing relationships in areas where little or no Christian work exists, providing a platform to speak and, more importantly, to demonstrate the truth of God’s redeeming love.

Uttermost Sports is a sports-business missions platform that works with churches and missions organizations to send intentional followers of Jesus to represent Him in restricted-access locations. We do this by facilitating short-term and long-term opportunities for coaches, athletes, and a variety of people with sports and business expertise to work legitimately and with authenticity among unreached people groups in areas of the world that are resistant or hostile to traditional missionary efforts.

Our exclusive focus is on Unreached People Groups (UPGs) from restricted-access countries in North Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.  Out of the 4.75 billion people residing in these regions, 2.91 billion (61.3%) are unreached.

According to the Joshua Project, there are more than 60 countries that restrict or prohibit missionary work. In this group are:

• more than 95% of the world’s nearly 3 billion unreached people

• 40 countries with a population that is 90% unreached

• 43 of the top 50 countries on the World Watch List for Christian persecution

• the birthplaces and headquarters of every major world religion — Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Animism, Atheism, and Sikhism

• widespread illiteracy, poverty, and marginalization of women, children, and those living with disabilities

Our goal is to place followers of Christ in these parts of the world—not for 2 weeks, but for decades—using sport to gain access to unreached peoples and to engage them with the gospel by building genuine, personal relationships. To ensure our continued ability to place workers in these areas, as well as our workers' ability to operate safely and effectively, we significantly limit the information we post about their specific locations. If you have further questions about the places we work, email info@uttermostsports.org.

David-Andrew Fox - Founder and President
fox@uttermostsports.org

Ward Evans - U.S. Director
warde@uttermostsports.org

mark & ruth babel - mobilization director
ruthb@uttermostsports.org

AARON SHAW - MOBILIZATION ASSISTANT
aarons@uttermostsports.org

Luis Arróliga - Director Regional para Latinoamérica y el Caribe
luis.arroliga@deporteparalasnaciones.org

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